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    192 A WEEK IN SCOTLAND.

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    existing between a mile and an inch ; Ibnt I always understood that troy weiht was in quite another categoryand that the one would

    by no means g divide by the other , nor produce , any multiple of the same . No ! not even on the famous principle that if poker , tongs ,

    and shovel cost 5 s ., what will the coals come to ? I shall feel personally and exceedingly obliged if any gentleman

    will write a letter in the next Open Council , and inform the lady readers of this Journal what General Average does

    mean—provided the subject can be reduced to _tei'ms . Now any body with the smallest sense of-humor , and the largest

    share of unconcern for the feelings of their neighbors , might draw delihtful ictures of the human race on Social Science bent . There

    is one g element p of fan to nine elements of wisdom in these meetings and the _j _)? esence of numerous ladies adds a certain warmth

    and humanity ;— to the scene . Immense is the excitement felt to hear the half dozen who actually read , and immense is the courtesy bestowed

    upon them . When Miss Carpenter ' s soft distinct tones are to be heardthe roomlarge or smallis sure to be packed with listeners

    wedged , together , like _" herrings , in a barrel ; " a vulgar simile , but , very expressive . Then the ladies of the chief local families are all

    there , and they give grand dinner parties , and dress with sumptuous magnificenceand invite the strangers to their large housesfitted

    up with a luxurious , cost which Manchester can rival but , cannot . All Glasgow turned out in the evening- to the great

    wine public surpass and soirees ices , and till feasted I was reminded the entire of Association those gardens with in tea the and old coffee fairy- ,

    tales where sweetmeats , grew upon the trees , and the rivers flowed champagne But the final . burst of hospitable feeling was displayed at the closing

    meeting in the Common Hall on the Saturday . Epitaphs were nothing to it . Everybody had his portrait drawn and held up to the

    admiring gaze of hundreds . The President was universally allowed to be ( what no one can well deny him ) the first man of the

    age;the Vice-Presidents had honored the city of Glasgow by their presence to a degree which well-nigh choked the said city with

    gratitude . They replied that the city was second only in attractions to the Islands of the Blest , and of considerably greater commercial

    importance . The Association coughed and stamped and cheered at the Principal of the College for giving them houseroom;—and

    the Reverend Principal replied , that the College would thenceforth be thing perfumed to the same with e Soci ffect al ) . Science The onl as y person with , att who ar may of roses be said ( or and to some have

    of received the Vice no -Presidents thanks was who Pope got Nicholas into a sli , who ght built hobble the in College his speech , , and one with consummate tact , brought himself up sharp on the Reformation ,

    at which Glasgow and the Association united , and stamped and cheered louder than ever .

    And then , the gay and busy assemblage broke up , and melted

    192 A Week In Scotland.

    192 A WEEK IN SCOTLAND .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 192, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/48/